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Chat with Natalya. Talks Total Divas, Injuries & more
By: ChrissiCalvert Date: January 24, 2016, 2:38 pm
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Hi Nattie! We're so looking forward to seeing what you girls got
up to in Paris. What was your favourite moment from the trip?
My favourite moment was when we went to the Moulin Rouge. That
was really fun, the performance was amazing, but it was awesome
because all the girls went for a really lovely dinner and I
think it was the first time in the show's history when all the
girls were together. So it was a nice feeling of unity -
especially because there can be conflicts. It shows we work
through them. Yes we don't have to always get along, but at the
end of the day we all still do respect each other. The Paris
episode you're going to see us laugh and cry and almost fight it
out, but in some way we always come back together.
What can we expect from the rest of series five?
Well, the great thing about the girls is that we never have a
shortage of drama. We never have a dull moment. We always have
some sort of conflict. For me, this series, I focus a lot more
on my family. I'm so blessed that I have such a beautiful,
bright and crazy family. We go on our first ever family vacation
- and I now understand why in 30 years we've never gone on
one... I don't know if we ever will again after that one, it was
pretty crazy! I had no idea Mandy was coming with us and she
ended up inviting 15 of her family. We shared a house and I was
like this is either going to make me and Mandy closer... or it's
going to make me want to kill her! We also have Rosa Mendes
coming back on the show with her pregnancy and that's a first
ever for Total Divas and then you have Nikki Bella's struggle
because she really, really wants to be Mrs Cena, but I've always
told Nicole she and John are soulmates. And we have Mandy our
new castmember. She's pleasantly surprised me. I've been around
girls that have come and gone from WWE and I've found her to be
very genuine. I ended up really liking her as I got to know her,
she's a good girl, but there is some drama with her and the
others.
As you've been in the business for a long time, do you think you
take the newbies under your wing? How is Mandy getting on?
I've given her a lot of advice, I've been around WWE all my
life. The first thing I look for in people is consistency in
their character. If they are too up and down, hot and cold or
back and forth - that to me is very telling. The one thing I've
noticed with Mandy is that she's pretty consistent. She knows
who she is and I like that. She's not a ticking timebomb. She
wants to work hard, she wants to fit in, she's not going to put
up with anybody treating her poorly.
We saw you struggling to decide whether to have surgery on your
eye last time around. How is it doing now?
When both of my eyes are open I can see well, but the left eye
is the one that gives me problems. If I close my right eye, I
can only see 20 percent out of my left. It does bother me, I
thought I could get it fixed, but I realised it's not that easy.
There are times when my eye won't be the best and I wish my
vision was a little stronger, but I'm ok. It does scare me,
though, I don't want to get a lazy eye or get blind from it, but
at the same time I'm just dealing with it one day at a time
because if I do fix it, I might not be able to go back to
wrestling.
Your husband TJ became injured too. How is he doing? Is he on
the mend?
TJ's injury was so severe compared to mine, he is doing ok. His
recovery is a long, long process. We're just so grateful we've
had great doctors to work with and TJ is so strong mentally.
He's been wrestling for twenty years and it is his second
injury. To be wrestling for as long as we have and to have so
few injuries, it's pretty shocking for him. He's taking it
really well, and every single day I think he gets physically
stronger.
And we have to ask how is Rosa getting on? You must be so
excited about her having a baby!
Rosa is doing great. I actually think that ever since she met
Bobby (Schubenski) and found out she was having a baby, she has
been so much happier. I've seen this whole new side of her,
she's really come to life. [Being a mum] is something I think
she has been destined for. She's really showing that you can
turn your life around, years ago she was struggling with
addiction and it's really hard to go through that. Rosa has
taken a negative and turned it into such a positive and I give
her so much credit for that. She's really, really turned life
around!
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